US shooter bought 6000 rounds of ammunition legally: Police

In the last 60 days, (Holmes) purchased four guns at local metro gun shops and through the Internet; he purchased over 6,000 rounds of ammunition."
Aurora police Chief Dan Oates

The US gunman who killed 12 people in a movie theater had purchased over 6,000 rounds of ammunition over the internet in the past two months, local police chief said.
Aurora police Chief Dan Oates said on Friday that the suspected gunman, James Eagan Holmes, bought all the ammunition, as well as four weapons, legally.
“In the last 60 days, (Holmes) purchased four guns at local metro gun shops and through the Internet; he purchased over 6,000 rounds of ammunition,” Oates said.
The 24-year-old gunman bought 3,000 rounds for an assault rifle, 3,000 rounds for two Glock handguns and 300 rounds for a shotgun, the police chief also said.
“Also through the Internet, he purchased multiple magazines for the 223 caliber assault rifle, including one 100-round drum magazine, which was recovered from the scene,” he added.
Some 12 people were killed and 59 others injured early Friday in the shooting rampage during the screening of the new Batman movie, The Dark Night Rises in Century Theater cinema 16 in the city of Aurora near Denver, Colorado.
“Nearly everyone was shot,” said Oates, adding that a “handful” of those taken to hospital for treatment did not have gunshot wounds, but suffered other injuries in the incident.
The deadly incident has once again raised the debate about gun control in the US, as it took place only 20 miles from Columbine High School, the scene of the 1999 shooting, in which 13 people were killed and 24 others injured.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg of New York, who has been campaigning for stricter gun laws, called on President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney to "stand up and tell us what they are going to do about it," because “this is obviously a problem across the country.”
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